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Kraft Foods is the only U.S.-based food company to be a World Index Sustainability Leader. The company achieved the food industry's leading scores in operational eco-efficiency, talent attraction and retention, corporate governance and code of conduct/compliance.

"What makes this accomplishment most rewarding is that it's the result of a true company wide effort, and one that's growing in intensity each and every day," said Steve Yucknut, Vice President, Sustainability. "Our employees care, and they're working on a global basis to make a lasting, positive difference that will deliver benefits today and for future generations."

Continuing progress against sustainability goals

Kraft Foods has made good progress against its 2011 sustainability goals. Since 2005, the company has:

   --  Reduced plant energy use 12 percent (goal of 25%)   --  Reduced plant energy-related CO2 emissions 14 percent (goal of 25%)   --  Reduced plant water consumption 21 percent (exceeding goal of 15%)   --  Reduced plant waste 14 percent (goal of 15%)    --  Eliminated 116 million pounds (nearly 53 million kg) packaging       material (goal of 150 million pounds)    

In 2008, Kraft Foods purchased more than 30,000 metric tons of coffee and 3,300 metric tons of cocoa from Rainforest Alliance(TM)-certified farms, making the company the world's largest buyer of coffee and cocoa from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms. And over the last five years, Kraft Foods' collaboration with the Rainforest Alliance has benefited more than 300,000 farm workers and their dependents on more than 60,000 hectares of farmland in tropical countries.

Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (http://www.sustainability-indexes.com/) are the first global stock indexes tracking financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies. Updated annually, companies are reviewed based on a thorough analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change mitigation, supply chain standards and labor practices. The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index recognizes the top 10 percent of the biggest 2,500 companies worldwide based on long-term economic, environmental and social criteria.